Naturally, as soon as we left the farm for our family vacation, Mama Goat (yes, that’s her actual super creative name) delivered the most adorable triplets you’ve ever seen.
Nothing like pure insanity on the farm while you try to relax with time away, right?
Much like our other mama, she delivered all on her own without any problems. It wasn’t until we got an excited text and tons of sweet photos from our farm sitter that anyone even knew they’d arrived.
Mama is a dusty light brown with flecks of darker colors through her coat. She’s genuinely very pretty and still young despite looking like she might be a little older. This is only her second litter but she’s carried and deliver triplets both times.
Most commonly, nannies will deliver twins. Although, one to three babies per litter is to be expected. Mama continues to be our only girl that has delivered triplets and it’s genuinely incredible to see. I mean, I remember the discomfort of that last month of pregnancy with just one baby – how on earth she manages to move about so effortlessly with three in there is completely shocking. She’s definitely one of those “pregnancy is such a miracle” moms. Good on you, girl.
This time around, we have a little boy. He’s light brown pretty much all the way around. The other two are girls – one that is light brown with a dark face and tail, the other that is white with brown around her face. We’re confident that our billy goat Gruff has been getting busy with the herd. Both Mama’s and Miss Muffet’s kids share Gruff’s size, markings and color.
Unlike the other mama, this Mama understood the assignment. She’s been relaxing under the heat lamps for a week or so – simply enjoying the final days of that pregnancy glow until she could have her babies right where we expected to find them.
She is seriously the best mom. She doesn’t put up with crap from anyone and is a total champ at keeping the kids in line. We have our fingers crossed that she’ll keep all three of the triplets this time around. In her last delivery, she rejected one little boy that we had to rehome as a bottle baby. He was safe and healthy, but it’s a bit dicey if she decides to stop feeding one of the babes while they’re still so tiny. We’ll keep close tabs on them in the days and weeks ahead to make sure all is going well for her and these cuties.